John Watts Ditchfield
In this name, the family name is Watts Ditchfield, not Ditchfield.
The Rt Rev John Edwin Watts-Ditchfield DD (17 September 1861 – 14 July 1923[1]) was an eminent 20th century Anglican priest and distinguished author.[2]
Educated at the Victoria University of Manchester[3] and ordained in 1891,[4] he began his career with a Curacy at St Peter Highgate after which he was Vicar of St James-the-Less, Bethnal Green.[5] Following this he was a Lecturer in Pastoral Theology at Cambridge University until his elevation to the Episcopate as the inaugural Bishop of Chelmsford,[6] dying in post. There is a statue to him within Chelmsford Cathedral.[7]
Notes
- ↑ Obituary First Bishop Of Chelmsford The Times Monday, 16 July 1923; pg. 14; Issue 43394; col B
- ↑ Amongst others he wrote "Fishers of Men", 1899; "Liturgies for Men’s Services", 1901; "Here and Hereafter", 1911; "The Church in Action", 1913; "Reservation", 1917; and "The Church and Her Problems", 1920 > British Library web site accessed 7:55 GMT Saturday 28 November 2009
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
- ↑ Telephone Lodge
- ↑ Dats in Essex History
- ↑ Cathedral web-site
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